06/20/1988 PERSONNEL BOARD Minutes

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PERSONNEL BOARD MINUTES MEETING OF JUNE 20 , 1988 PAGE 2 Interviews for Part-Time Librarian Custodian , cont . experience and maturity ; At the conclusion of the interview process , the Board narrowed down the selection process to conduct background checks on all three candidates . Candidate for Personnel Board The Board met with Ed Baker , a Mashpee resident , who is interested in serv- ing on the Personnel Board . He told the Board that he was retirinq from Raytheon in September after thirty-two years . He has been in management where he has been a manager of air traffic control . He said that he has been evaluating people for several years . He does not want an 8 to 5 job but he wants to do something that he is familiar with and he wants to make a contribution to the town . He said that he has been coming to Mashpee for thirty years and fishing . He has always loved the town . After the Board members outlined some of their responsibilities with Ed , Manny asked if he felt he would like to come aboard? Ed replied that it sounds interesting . Manny asked if he dealt with hiring and firing person- nel? Ed replied that in the thirty-one years he worked , he hired , fired and evaluated anywhere from 800 to 1 , 000 people . Ed was asked if Monday meetings were any problem. Ed replied just now until September 1 . The Personnel Board agreed to recommend Ed Baker to the Board of Selectmen for appointment . Chief Ridgeway re : Interview Process for New Firefighters Chief Ridgeway met with the Board to update them on the hiring process and the interviewing process for new firefighters . He said that applications closed on the 10th of June : They have received fifty-six applications for four positions . He said that there is a small problem being that EMT cer- tification is needed . The union contract comes into play . In order to be hired as an EMT,candidate must be both Mass EMT and National EMT certified . Chief Ridgeway went on to say that after reviewing the fifty-six applica- tions , only seven applicants meet the requirements . Twenty to twenty-four meet the Mass . EMT certification . Chief Ridgeway said that he has approached the President of the Union and that he feels confident that they will do an addendum change to the con- tract . . The reason the language was negotiated was for job protection . Once that is done , there will be twenty to thirty qualified applicants _ The hiring process will include agility and swimming tests . with regard to the written test , the Chief said that he plans to have it at Town Hall with no fire service personnel involved . He said that he prefers to keep the written part of it with personnel. Seventy percent must be achieved as a passing score . The Saturday after the written test which is scheduled for July 16 , there will be the physical agility and swimming test . The swim- ming test is pass-fail . Chief Ridgeway reviewed the parts of the agility test with the Board . He said that he has written the job description for Firefighter and Lieutenant positions .